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Venturing

App Feed - Outdoors

The National Venturing Committee offers two key tools to help Venturers lead their adventures

June 20, 2025 0

Two of the Venturing program’s most important training modules are designed to ensure that Venturers have the knowledge and skills they need to make their crews successful.

App Feed - For Leaders

Meet the 2024 recipients of the National Venturing Leadership Award

April 15, 2024 3

Adventure, leadership, personal growth and service are all critical components of the BSA’s Venturing program. They’re also the perfect words to describe the ideals by which this year’s recipients of the National Venturing Leadership Award have chosen to live.

App Feed - For Parents

On this week’s #TrekonTuesday: Meet this year’s national Venturing officers

December 11, 2023 1

As Venturing crews across the country are rappelling off cliffs, designing robots and kayaking into the sunset, the national Venturing officers’ association (VOA) is working behind the scenes to provide support for membership, resource sharing and events to make it all happen.

Camping

Boys’ Life Wants to Tell YOUR Story

November 6, 2019 0

Do your Scouts want to land on the same pages as some of the most famous Scouts of all time? Here’s their chance! Whether you’re carving out the adventure of a lifetime in a snow-filled

Venturing

First look: Major Venturing changes coming next year

May 28, 2013 97

At age 15, the Venturing program is beginning to show its age. Membership has declined since 2008. Venturing has the lowest retention rate — 53 percent — of any BSA program. And advancement hasn’t caught on

Messengers of Peace
International Scouting

These North Carolina Scouts and Venturers are giving Peace a chance

May 8, 2013 17

You can’t promote world peace by sitting on your couch. No, you’ve got to follow the lead of units like Venturing Crew 122 of North Carolina’s Tuscarora Council. The Venturers and advisors of Crew 122, along with some

Cub Scouting

Get gritty: Celebrate ‘Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day’

October 5, 2012 1

Do your typical weekend plans involve dirt and Scouting? Step things up a notch! Add some rubber to the mix with a mountain-biking outing. Tomorrow’s the perfect time to head out to your local mountain-biking

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